THE SEMIAVEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
3DELIGftIS
Thirteen Has No Terrors for Woodrow Wilson
ASUINCJTON. Tlilrteon litis no terrors for Woodrow Wilson, president of
y the United States of America,
.number, lie lias been known to say.
teenth president of the university,
name. T am not afraid of No. 13."
Thirteen p'uyed a prominent pnrt in the Inaugural plans In 191!t. Thir
teen governors were In line, militia of thirteen stntes were represented, along
with thirteen educational Institutions. The Princeton students traveled to
the ceremony In two trains of thirteen cars each.
When Miss Jessie W. Wilson and Frances 15. Sayre were married at the
White House it was the thirteenth wedding In the historic building, and the
names the bride and bridegroom contain thirteen letters each.
The thirteen superstition Is perhaps as widespread as any of the popular
notions of this kind. These are many and apparently they are just as much
in favor as ever. The name of those who regard Friday as an unlucky day is
legion. Many people think it Is a sign of coming bad luck to see the new
moon over the left shoulder. A horseshoe over the door brings good luck, as
everybody knows. A child born with a caul Is sure to be lucky, according to
mldwlvcs. Certain crops must be planted at certain stages of the moon,
farmers aver. That the actions and condition of nnimnls In the fall foretell
the winter weather, the Indians and some while men believe. There Is
potency In the divinations of Halloween, the young people are sure. To see
u full-grown man pick up a pin because its point Is toward him Is not un
usual. Of course the president Is an unusual man.
Official Statement of the
T" HIS following statement is authorized by the war council of the Amerlcnn
Red Cross: It costs the American Red Cross only two cents of each
dollar of the millions appropriated to operate the administrative bureaus in
tin; United States which took a vital
part In the management of the great
est relief program the world has ever
known. For each dollar contributed
by the American people for war relief
work more than $I..01 is expended for
that purpose, the extra cent being pro
vided by interest on the funds. These
ure two of the striking statements in
the annual financial report of the Red
Cross covering the fiscal year ended
Tune 30, 1018.
All the expenses of operating the
national and divisional headquarters of the organization whoso sheltering arm
has embraced a huge part of the earth in the IS months come from a fund
provided by membership dues, the war fund not being di-uwn upon for any but
relief expenditures. The total management expense of the organization for
he fiscal year was $2.10-1,80.-1.
During the year which ended June 30 the Red Cross appropriated $107,
710.34S to carry on, its work abroad and tit home. Of this amount. $ri0,78S,G72
went for relief In foreign countries. $7,GSS,S50 for work in the United Stntes,
?'l,0rl.r).0ri7 for relief work In various countries or. work specified by contribu
tors, $20,2S0,000 was set aside for working capital, and the balance went for
other activities of the organization. ,
Tills wide distribution of relief was made possible because In less than
11 months the American people gave more than $300,000,000 to the American
Red Cross, by far the greatest sum ever contributed by any nation for
humanitarian work. Tills total represents the proceeds of the two Red Cross
war funds and one membership drive.
New Method of Drying
NNOUNCKMKNT Is made of a new
bo kept indefinitely without preservatives and then restored to full bulk
ind unimpaired llavor by the application of water. Flesh prepared by this i
lllntlwwl mill Ollcj iitinnt- Q twn. nmit rP '
(1 XffOiFKFl 3)
Lieut. Col. J. R. Mtiilin. The final steps of the test were worked out at Co
lumbia university In the department of chemical engineering under the direc
tion of Prof. Frank II. McKce, who made the announcement.
Owing to certain legal reasons not all the steps of the process can bo
published at this time, but In the main It consists of drying the prepared
meats in n vacuum ven nt a low temperature.
It Is possible to cut a sirloin or porterhouse steak according to the stand
ard restaurant dimensions, dry It by this recent method, and then wet It before
cooking and serve It hot, even passably rare, without anybody's knowing that
It did not come directly from the butcher's block around the corner.
It Is estimated that the cost of the
the expenso of keeping meats In refrigeration. The effect, however, should i
be to bring down the prices of meats through savings In freight on land
and sea. i
American Protective League and Its Patriotism
THE mnn who keeps up with the news
Is active in the Kerger trial, in the
things of Importance in vnrlous parts of
of the A. P. L. will be written and it
will be Interesting reading. Just now
tho average citizen knows little
about it.
The immense number of pro-Germans
working In tills country called
the A. P. L. Into being. For every in
vestigator in government employ In
March, 1017, a hundred were needed to
meet tho crisis. It seemed Impossible
to get an appropriation for them. Yet
their need was vital. How wns the
probl'iu to be solved? The American
Protective league rose as the answev. Under the direction of the attorney
general nud A. B. IMlaski. chief of the bureau of Investigation, a Chicago busi
ness man set nbout working out a remarkable Idea. It was nothing more and
.nothing Hess than the enlistment of as nearly as possible tho best brains of
ovcry Industry, business and profession In tho United States ns an auxiliary
to tho oepnrtment of Justice.
Today there are approximately three hundred thousand members of the
American Protective league. They cover the United States from ocean to
ocean and from Canada to the Gulf.
Not one of the members of the A. P. L. receives ono cent of pay, and they
puy their own expenses and the league expenses.
Furthermore, there Is no glory, no uniform, not even private praise at
home. For no man Is permitted to divulge even to his best friend his mem
bership In the league or disclose the Identity of any of Its members.
On the contrary thirteen Is his lucky
The fact that the president arrived at
Iircst on December 111 recalls the pres
ident's trip from New York to Sea Girt,
September VA, 1012, when he was mak
ing his speaking tour. Just preceding
his election as president. He sat in
chair No. la In the parlor car. Mr. Wil
son said:
"Thirteen Is my lucky number. I
usually get seat lit or room VJ wher
ever 1 go. The number 1!1 has run
through my life constantly. When I
was In my thirteenth year as a profes
sor at Princeton 1 wns elected the thlr
There are just thirteen letters In my
American Red Cross
SVieats Promises Marvels
process by which meats and fish can
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the space it fills when fresh. This i
would multiply eightfold the facilities ,
for shipping meat, without adding ton
nage. This discovery grows out of re
searches begun n year ago In the Har
rlman laboratories at Roosevelt hos
pital by Drs. K. G. Falk and K. M.
Frankel when the laboratory was taken
over by the division of nutrition and
food of the medical department of the
United States army, at the Instnnce of
now process will be about the same as
notes the American Protective lenguo
Inquiry Into high prices and In other
the country. Some day the history
Era ems
URGED FOR 1919
Food Situation of World Demands
Increased Consumption of
Fresh Vegetables.
MUCH LAND YIELDS NOTHING
People In Cities, Towns and Villages
Urged to Increase Their Efforts
During Coming Year to Help
Food Supply.
(Prepared by the United Ftntes Depart
ment of Agriculture)
No less than one-fifth of the total
food elements consumed by the people
of this country Is obtained from com
mercial and home vegetable garden".
Under the present food situation of the
world, the tendency and the need In
this country Is to Increase the con
sumption of fresh vegetables.
Back Yard Gardens.
America's cities, towns and villages
almost without exception are full of
large hack yards and vacant lots that
have yielded little or nothing. Wc
have taken pride, too, In our spacious
home grounds, but have given little
thought to turning them to account.
Now, the food situation demands that
every foot of ground suitably located
be made to produce to Its utmost ca
pacity. City people have responded
heartily In carrying out the govern
ment's program to use such back yards
and vacant lots for gardens. Yet a
survey made In a number of cities
where such gardening was carried on
Intensively shows that less than one
half of the available land has been
utilized. As commercial gardeners can
not under present labor conditions
ruNo enough vegetables to supply the
demand in our cities, towns and vil
lages, It is urged that people In cities,
towns and villages Increase their ef
forts during the coming year.
Better Home Gardens.
The extension forces of the depart
ment of agriculture and of the state
agricultural colleger are using all
means at their command to bring about
the raising of more and better home
gardens In 101!). Hundreds of county
Neatly Arranged Back Yard Garden.
agricultural agents and assistant
agents, the farm bureaus, the home
demonstration ngents, the boys' and
girls' club leaders, are urging the need
of Increased production, especially
among those who In ordinary times are
not producers of garden vegetables.
Oct the garden linbit In 1010.
WINTER GARDEN FOR SOUTH
Furnishes Family With Supply of
Needed Green Foods Various
Crops to Grow.
(Prepared liy the United Stntea Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Something in tho form of green vege
tables may be had from the outdoor
garden every day of tho winter months
throughout the greater part of the
Southern states. Perhaps It may lie
nothing more than turnip greens or a
dish of bnlltd kale, but It serves the
purpose of giving the family much
needed green food and puts Iron Into
the blood. There Is perhaps no vege
table more delicate or appetizing than
tho universally grown colhtrds of the
Southern gardens. Fnll-plonted spin
ach may bo cut at tiny time during
the winter, even when the ground may
bo slightly frozen, and It may be nec
essary to plunge tho freshly cut
spinach Into cold water to remove the
frost.
Certain of tho more hnrdy. varieties
ot lettuce, like Rig Ronton, can lie
grown during tho winter with slitrht
protection by means of straw or boards
set at an angle on the north side oi
Die row. Onion sets will give an
abundnnee of early green onions for
table use. There are quite n number
of crops that will make a slow growth
during the winter and furnish a con
stant supply of green food for the ta
ble. Get the garden habit and keep
the Southern garden going every
month In the year.
PURE WAiTER IS IMPORTAM
Required by All Farm Animals, Espe
cially by Dairy Cow for Maxl
mum Production.
l!Tom Uiq United States Department oi
AKrlPulture.)
All animals require plenty of good
pure wnter. This Is especially trm
of the milking cow, as water const i
tutes more thnn three-fourths of the
volume of milk. Stale'-or Impure wn
ter is distasteful to the cow and sb.
will not drink enough of it for max
mum milk production.
UTILIZE ROUGHAGES
WITH BEEF CATTLE
Increased Demands on Farmers
to Save Grain Supply.
Corn Stover Can Be Used to Best Ad.
vantage Early In Winter Other
Coarse Feeds May Be Given to
Feeder Steers.
Prepared by tho United States Depart!
mcnt of AKrlculturc.)
The coming of peace will Increase
ii"t diminish, the demands made on
the farmers of this country for the
saving of grain and utl'lzatlon to the
fullest extent of all coarse roughages
such as cheap hay, straw and stover
in all Its various forms. The waste
or stover or other roughages In the
field will be a reproach and one which
Is emphasized all the more by the
high price of hay which, to a Inrge ex-
Cattle Feeding at a Straw Stack Not
a Good Way to Feed Straw, but
Shows How Stock Will Utilize
Roughage.
tent, may be replaced by them. To
utilize corn stover to best advantage
It should be used early in the winter,
saving other roughages until later.
Other coarse roughages may also be
used to better advantage by feeding
them to dry cows and feeder steers,
saving the more desirable roughages
for breeding animals and calves. Dry
cows and steers may be wintered large
ly on roughages alone by beginning
to feed them earlier In the winter, be
fore they begin to lose weight. Tills
Is particularly true of the cattle
shipped Into the Southwestern states
from the drought area or the South
west. These cattle are in somewhat
thin condition and should be fed more
liberally than native cattle, at least
until well started through the winter
feeding period.
KEEP WALNUTS FOR PLANTING
Pit In Well. Drained Location Is De
sirabic Storage Place Mound
Over to Shed Moisture.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Black walnut Is one of the most
profitable woodland and pasture trees.
It is rapidly becoming scarce on ac
count of the Important part It lias play
ed In the war. and the strong demnnd
for the wood for cabinet material, cas
kets, musical Instruments, furniture,
etc.
The nuts for planting should bo se
lected, so far as possible, from vig
orous trees producing good-sized nuts
In abundance. If squirrels and hogs
are not troublesome, (he nuts may be
planted this fall, putting two nuts In
a hole and covering with about 2
inches" of soil well firmed. In many
places the safest method Is probably
to leop the nuts nver winter and plant
them in Ihe spring. For this purpose
n pit, dug 8 to 12 Inches deep in n
Well-drained, cool location, Is a desira
ble storage place. A layer of nuts, two
nuts deep, Is covered with an Inch of
sand, and so on until all the nuts
are stored, after which soil should be
mounded over the pit to shed excess
moisture. Nuts mixed with sand will
keep quite satisfactorily In a cool cel
lar. A bushel of walnuts contains
from 1,100 to 1,'iOO. depending upon the
size of the nuts, or enough to plant an
acre using two nuts In each hole, spac
ing tho latter 8 feet apart each way.
ROUT THE RAT
& The United Stntes food ad
jr ministration emphasizes tho Ini
' pnrtanco of moro serious ntten
9 lion to tho rat menace on the
X pnrt of American farmers. Pas-
JJJ Kivcly to permit farm waste of
rood and feed products may
inoro than overbalance the
splendid results achieved by pa
triotic housewives.
"For failing to take reason
nblo precautions against rats,
mice, rooks and Jackdaws,
whereby 12 stacks ot oats and
barley were pnrtlally rendered
unfit for human food," the Brit
ish ministry of food recently
fined a farmer $100.
MISTAKE IN FEEDING COWS
One of Most Common Errors Is Not
to Give Good Animal Sulficlent
Amount of Feed.
(From th Unltfd fitnteti Department of
Agriculture.)
One (' the most common mistakes
In the riding of dairy cows Is that
tho gooi fows are not given a suffi
cient qiiii itlty ol feed above that re
quired fot their physical maintenance
to obtain Mie maximum quantity of
milk they nro capable of producing.
POULTRY
mm
TO INCREASE POULTRY STOCK
New Opportunities for Specialists to
Co-operate With Raisers In Best
Production.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment ot AKrlculturc.)
While the main effort In the cam
paign to Increase tho nation's stocks of
productive poultry is to he directed to
the general farmer ami tho city house
holder, It does not follow that the spe
cialist In poultry production cannot
render good service in this cause. He
may find It desirable and conducive
to ids greater profit to diversify his
farming by devoting more attention
to live stock other than poultry and
to producing a larger proportion of his
feedstulTs on his own ground.
It may be doubtful In some cases
whether a special poultry farm can
operate profitably along the same
lines as In the past. The grower of
table poultry can use his stock, plant
and equipment for production along
some other line that will be prolltablo
at this time. Indeed. In most cases ho
must so adapt his business to changed
conditions or sacrifice what he has In
vested in it.
Hvery farmer that becomes Inter
ested In Increasing und Improving his
farm poultry, and every town resident
who begins to keep poultry In the back
yard Is going to buy stock or eggs for
hutching, or bnby chicks. This should
cause at least the normal demand for
birds, eggs, and stock In tho early part
of the year, and also stimulate de
mand for pullets In the fall.
Tlie attention of poultry breeders
who want to prodiuv to meet popular
demands may well be called to the ad
vantage of the "farming out" method
of producing stock in quantity. Farm
ers who are Interested In Increasing
and Improving their stock and town
people who have room to grow more
chickens than they wish for them
selves will In many cases find it an ad
vantage to grow stock for a breeder
In their vicinity. With so much new
Interest developing, it should be easier
than usual to get breeders and the
poultry keepers near them to co-operate
In the production of fowls, for
laying especially. Such an arrange
ment Is to the advantage of both. It
reduces the cost of getting good stock
to the grower and the risk on growing
stock to the breeder.
The success of this line of work and
cooperation depends very largely upon
early hatching, and that in turn de
pends much upon rlf breeders begin-
A Well-Cared-For Flock Produces Eco
nomlcal Eggs and Meat for the
Family.
mug at once to Interest their neigh
bors In growing chickens for them.
Whether he farms out stock or not,
every poultry keeper who looks for
ward to better times In poultry culture
should do his pprt to bring them, by
producing all that he can handle at
home.
GEESE AS PRODUCERS OF FAT
Imnortance of Adequate Number ot
Fowls In Poultry Scheme Is
Quite Apparent.
Geeso hold a sector In the line of tho
poultry army that makes war against
waste. When the fuels are taken Into
consideration that tho demand for
geeso Is strong, steady and extends
over practically the whole year, that
geeso excel all otUir kinds of poultry
as producers of fat, u thing of which
the world stands at present In dire
need, and that their value as egg pro
ducers Is considerable, the importance
of an adequate number of geese in tho
poultry scheme becomes apparent.
Geese take their living in large purt
from grasses of the pasture and need
range of this nature to lie kept at a
profit.
KEEP SICK FOWLS SEPARATE
When Disease Appears in Flock Place
Ailing Birds by Themselves
and Clean Up.
When disease appears In a flock of
chickens the sick fowls should be sep
arated and placed to themselves. If
any have died they should he burned
or burled. The house and yards should
be disinfected and a hunt begun Im
mediately for the cause of the trouble.
Conditions should be corrected as
quickly as possible to prevent Its continuance,
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In a Scottish country parish a well
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minister, who Jocularly said, "I sup
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"Don't you like hot witter In the
home?" "That depends on whether
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Constlpntlon can ho cured without
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tournaments.
Cravenettes and roll-top desks nldti
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